[WEB4LIB] checking link content

[Michael Sauers]

> I've been thinking about all the sites that have been, for lack
> of a better
> word, hijacked by the adult entertainment industry.  As I've read in a
> couple of places recently, it's not enough (was it ever?) to
> check that your
> links GO somewhere, but also that they are still actually the
> site you think
> they are.

Just a quick story. My book "Using the Internet as a Reference Tool" had a
link to WebMolecules. A site that displayed, for free, 3d molecular
structures. Quite cool. Well, a reader in Idaho informed me last week that
http://www.webmolecules.com is now a porn site. I've removed the link from
the book's Web site, but it won't be removed from the book itself 'till the
next printing...  Oh well.

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